The Texas Medical Board has temporarily restricted the license of a San Antonio-area surgical assistant who faces several charges related to child sexual abuse.
Converse surgical assistant Jason Phillip Jimenez, 48, was initially arrested in October on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He was arrested again on Tuesday on an additional charge: continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14.
The criminal charges relate to alleged sexual assault of minor family members dating at least as far back as 2020, according to arrest affidavits.
One victim told forensic interviewers that Jimenez showed him pornography, touched his genitals and penetrated him for years starting at age 11 or 12. Another said Jimenez touched his genitals on four or five different occasions when he was 12 to 13.
In response to his first arrest, the Texas Medical Board issued a temporary suspension of his medical license without notice in November “after determining his continuation in practice poses a continuing threat to public welfare,” according to a news release.
Under Texas law, providers subject to a temporary license suspension are entitled to an evidentiary hearing in front of a three-member disciplinary panel, which determines whether the license will be suspended or restricted.
On April 2, the board determined it would issue a temporary restriction. As a result, Jimenez “shall not be involved in the care of any patient under the age of 18, including telemedicine, and must always be directly observed by a physician when he practices on any patient in his capacity as a surgical assistant,” according to a release from the board.
The new charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child comes just a month after the license restriction, which “remains in place under the board takes further action,” the notice says.
It’s not clear whether Jimenez could face more license restrictions in light of the added charge.
The Texas Medical Board declined to comment further Tuesday morning, saying in an emailed statement that Jimenez’s healthcare provider profile on the board’s website “contains all the publicly available information at this time.”
Court records and Texas Medical Board records do not reveal where Jimenez has been employed. He did not list an address for a primary practice on his healthcare provider profile.
Jimenez was released from the Bexar County jail Tuesday after posting a $75,000 bond. If convicted on the charges, both first-degree felonies, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.